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fat⋅bod⋅y

  [fat-bod-ee]
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–noun, plural -bod⋅ies. Entomology.
a diffuse tissue of insects, having numerous functions including food storage, metabolism, and storage of wastes and in some insects modified as a light-producing organ.
Also, fat body, fat-body.

Origin:
1865–70; fat + body
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